Valve stem



March 3, 1942. J. c. CROWLEY 2,275,288

VALVE STEM Filed April 22, 1959 INVENT OR.

ATT R EYS mat-i tires,

Patented Mar. 3, 1942 7 2,275,288 vALvE STEM. V John C. Crowley, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, assig orxto The DillManufacturing 0ompany, Cleveand Ohi elior h Ap lication April 22, 1

939, Serial No, 269,381

3, Claims. (01. aria-20$ The present invention: relates to a valve .stem which is moreparticularly designed to be used in connection withjlarge size, pneumatic tires or similar devices.

One of the objects of the present invention is toprovi'de a valve stem structure which willpermit the rapid passing of a large volume of air, furnished by an inflating device, through the valve stem and into the article to be inflated; f

A further object is to provide a valve stem'so constructed that the pneumatic article may be rapidly deflated when such is desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a valve stem which may accommodate a plurality of passageways, each provided with its own check valve, which checkvalve may be simultaneously operated upon inflation and simultaneously op- Referring to the drawing, I indicates a valve stem which, "at the lowerv portion thereof, is threaded as indicated at 2 and is provided with a head 3. The threaded portion2 is adapted to receive a clamping member 4 and a clamping nut 5, both of which are screwed upon the threaded portion 2 for thepurpose, of securely retaining the valve stem with respect to the wall of the pneumatic tube 6 er-ated upon deflation of the pneumatic tire device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a valve stem having a multiple number of check valves and in which the check valves may besimultaneously operated and air delivered through a common conduit which is of such size and shape as to accommodate the usual types of inflating devices now commonly used'in connection with inflating tires and the like.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawing forming a partof this specification and in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of th'evalve stem.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the valve stem upon the line 2-2' of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a section upon the line '3-'3 of Fig. 2.

At the present time there are in use, for certain types of traction devices, very large pneuas an example of which we might mention a tire'oi 32 inches rim diameter and 13.5 inches cross sectional diameter.

These tires require an enormous amount of air to properly inflate them and when employing a valve stem flttedwith the usual valve core some of these tires require as much as 28 minutes to bring them to the proper degree of inflation. A valve stem embodying the features of construction forming the subjectm-atter'of this invention may be employed to very materially reduce the time required.- -for inflatingthese large pneumatic tires.

While it is desirable to provide a valve stem for use in connectionwith these large size pneumatic tires which will permit of rapid inflation and deflation, it is also highly desirable that the valve stem structure so provided shall be capable of being used in connection with inflating air chucks which are at present in use and thus avoid the necessity of providing a special air chuck.

The valve stem which is about to be described accomplishes the desired results in a very efiicient manner.

The valve stem I has a longitudinally extending passageway l which, toward the upper end of the stem, cooperates with a plurality ofpassageways which are indicated at 8 and 9. While in the present instance two such passageways are provided, it is within the scope oi thisinvention that a greater number than two he provided, if that is necessary.

In order to accommodate the passageways 8 and 9, the upper end of the valve stem is somewhat enlarged in diameter as indicated at Ia and is provided with threads upon at least a portion of the outer surface thereof, as indicated at I0.

Each-of thepassageways 8 and 9, at the outer end thereof, is threaded for a short distance, as indicated at H, and below the threaded portion II there is, in each passageway, a restricted or shouldered portion l2 for a purpose which will be described later.

Each of the passageways 8 and 9, by virtue of the construction which has just been described, is adapted to receive an individual valve insides or 'core of any type. which is at present conventional in the commercial field. Such valve insides, when screwed into the passageways 8 and 9, will have the packing l3, commonly used in connection with such cores or valve insides, moved into contact with the restricted'portion l2 tothus seal the passageway against the "passage of air around the valve core. All conventional valve insides or cores are provided with valve pins which are spring pressed in a manner perfectly well known and which need nodescription'.

Threaded upon the outer end ofthe enlargedv portion la of the valve stem is a hollow cap-like member. M. This member has a shoulder l5 which cooperates with a packing l6 that rests against the upper end of the portion Ia of'the valve stem so that, when the portion I4 is screwed upon the end of, the valve stem, it is air tight.

The member M, at its; end, converges to form a neck-like portion ll which is of a diameter the same as that of the conventional valve stem and, therefore, is of such size as to be adapted to receive air chucks, caps, or other accouterments at present employed in the commercial field of vehicle tires and valve stems therefor.

Within the member 14 there is a spider which has a head I8 so formed as to engage with the top portions of th pins of the valve insides which are inserted in the passageways 8 and 9. This sage of air. The slab-like portion 20 has an up-. ward extension 2| which extends practically to i, the outer end of the extension I! and is in posi-' tion to be engaged by a pindepressing member which forms a part of all those conventional'air chucks which are in commercial use for the purpose of inflating pneumatic tires and the like. i From the foregoing it will be seen that, with a valve stem constructed as described, when an air chuck is applied to the outer end of the stem, indicated at [1 in the drawing, the depressing member always associated with such air chuck will engage the portion 2| and depress the spider, which will in turn depress the valve pins of the valve cores or 'insides and open the passage through the valve insides to permit the passage of air therethrough. The air passing beyond the valve insides in the passageways 8 and 9 will unite in the passage 1 and be supplied to the pneumatic device in connection with which the stem is used. i

It will be obvious that the volume of air passed in a given interval of time, employing the structure which has been heretofore described, is twice as great as that which could be supplied when using a valve stem in which there is only one valve insides. Consequently, the time required for inflating a large size tire or similar pneumatic device will be reduced to. one-half of the time required at present for inflating such a device.

It will be apparent that, if desired, more than two passageways 8 and 9 could be employed which would mean, of course, the use of more than two of the usual valve cores or valve insides and thus provide additional air passage for inflation.

It will be apparent, of course, that upon desire to deflate the pneumatic device which has been previously inflated, the spider may be depressed by'any suitable instrument, which will' in turn open the airpassages through the Valve insides or. core and permit deflation. However, if it is desired to more rapidly deflate such a tire this may be accomplished by removing the capdike member I4 and removing the valve insides or cores from the channels 8 and 9, which will then, of course, permit the free exhausting of the air from the device in question.

The great advantage of the device which is herein described and claimed lies in the fact that it provides a valve stem having multiple air passageways, each controlled by its own valve core or valve insides which are at present conventional and readily accessible to users, with the resultant efiect of being able to inflate the large size tires or similar pneumatic devices in much less time than valve stem equipment at present available can do. In addition, the present structure makes it possible to use, for inflating purposes, air chucks that are at present commonly used for inflating tires and thus avoids any necessity of providing special chucks or any other special paraphernalia in connection with use for inflating or deflating tires, to which reference has been made.

Obviously, changes may be made from the precise structure which is shown herein and these are regarded as within th scope of the present invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A valve stem comprising a body portion having an air passageway th'erethrough, the outer end of which is enlarged, mean-s in said body portion dividing the enlarged outer end of said passageway into, aplurality of passageways, an independent valve'mechanism in each of said plurality of passageways and having the valve actuating pin thereof extending beyond the outer end of said body portion, a cap secured to the outer end of said body portion and having at its outer end a reduced nipple adapted to receive an inflatin device, a-diskin. said cap and provided on its circumference with radially extending ears slidably supporting the disk in said cap, said disk normally engaging the outer ends of the actuating pins of said valve mechanisms, and a flat slab member carried by said disk and having a portionslidabl supported in the reduced nipple of said cap and extending to the outer end therei 2. A valvestem adapted to be used with an inflatable article such as a pneumatic tire and comprising a body portion having. a single air passageway therein for a portion of its length and adapted to be in communication with the interior of the article, said body portion also having a pluralit of air passageways therein extending from the outer end of the body portion and in communication with said first named passageway, an independent valve mechanism in each of said plurality of passageways and having the valve actuating pin thereof extending beyond the'outer end of said body portion, a cap secured to the outer end of said body portion and adapted to receive .on its outer end an inflating device such as an air chuck, an actuator in said cap having a portion contacting the outer ends of the valve pins of said valve mechanisms and a portion arranged to cooperate with and be depressed by said inflating device, said actuator and said cap having cooperating portions slidably guiding the actuator in said cap.

3. A valve stem adapted to be used with an inflatable articlesuch as a pneumatic tire and comprising a bodyportion having an air passageway therethrough' adapted to be in communication with theinterior of the article, the outer end of which passageway is enlarged, means in said body portion dividing the outer end of said passageway into a plurality of passageways, an independent valve mechanism in each'of said plurality of passageways and having the valve actuating pin thereoi extendingbeyond the outer end of said body portion, a cap secured to the outer end of said body portion and adaptedto receive on its outer endan inflating" device such as an air chuck, an actuator in said cap having a portion contacting the outer ends of the valve pins of said valve mechanism-s and a portion arranged to cooperate with and be depressedby said inflating; device, said actuator and said capalso havingcooperating portions slidably guiding the ua r if} id. p-

JOHN C. CROWLEY. 

